Category:

Municipally Designated Natural Monument

Title:

Hikawasando no namiki

The Trees of Hikawa-sando Approach

氷川参道の並木

No. of features:

11 trees (as of July 14, 2023)

Designated:

February 7, 1975 (supplemental designation December 2, 1988)

Location:

From Kishikocho to Takahanacho, Omiya Ward

Owner:

The religious juridical person of Hikawa-jinja Shrine

Description:

 The Hikawa-sando Approach is a nearly 2-kilometer-long, tree-lined avenue that stretches north from the Ichi-no-Torii Gate all the way to Hikawa-jinja Shrine.

The approach is lined with broadleaf evergreens and deciduous trees representative of the Musashi region, with the Japanese zelkova (Zelkova serrata) taking center stage.    

Of these trees, those that measured 2 meters or more in trunk circumference at the time of designation were recognized as natural monuments.

Associated Texts:

(1976). “Survey Report on Omiya City’s Cultural Properties” (vol.10). Omiya Municipal Board of Education.

(1987). “Cultural Properties in Omiya” (vol. 3). Omiya Municipal Board of Education.

Please be courteous towards other visitors, locals, and the sites’ owners/curators when visiting these cultural properties.

Inquiries (Japanese only)

Cultural Heritage Preservation Division, Department of Lifelong Learning, Board of Education Secretariat　

TEL：048-829-1723 FAX：048-829-1989

https://www.city.saitama.jp/004/005/006/001/005/002/003/p000590.html